Elaine
@spencerela.bsky.social
Retired librarian living in a constant state of disbelief.
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"Why forgo all these opportunities to get in front of huge audiences and defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate. Once you concede that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s rights are a good thing, you’ve already lost."
When Rebecca Solnit asks you to turn a thread into an essay, you fucking do it. jessica.substack.com/p/cbs-news-f...
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December 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Why forgo all these opportunities to get in front of huge audiences and defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate. Once you concede that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s rights are a good thing, you’ve already lost."
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May anyone who chooses to work for ICE live out their days shunned by society, utterly unloved and alone. May they never know a night’s rest. May each and every one of their deaths be celebrated by the people who knew them.
This passage nearly broke me.
September 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
May anyone who chooses to work for ICE live out their days shunned by society, utterly unloved and alone. May they never know a night’s rest. May each and every one of their deaths be celebrated by the people who knew them.
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Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
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we have a secretary of
-transportation making it more dangerous to travel
-education making kids stupider
-defense making us more vulnerable to attacks
-homeland security making us feel less secure than ever
-health and human services trying to spread illness
everything’s fine.
-transportation making it more dangerous to travel
-education making kids stupider
-defense making us more vulnerable to attacks
-homeland security making us feel less secure than ever
-health and human services trying to spread illness
everything’s fine.
May 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
we have a secretary of
-transportation making it more dangerous to travel
-education making kids stupider
-defense making us more vulnerable to attacks
-homeland security making us feel less secure than ever
-health and human services trying to spread illness
everything’s fine.
-transportation making it more dangerous to travel
-education making kids stupider
-defense making us more vulnerable to attacks
-homeland security making us feel less secure than ever
-health and human services trying to spread illness
everything’s fine.
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"Today's builders of Babel tell us that there is no room for losers, and that those who fall along the way are losers. Theirs is the construction site of hell," he wrote. "God's economy, on the other hand, does not kill, discard or crush. It is lowly, faithful to the earth."
April 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Today's builders of Babel tell us that there is no room for losers, and that those who fall along the way are losers. Theirs is the construction site of hell," he wrote. "God's economy, on the other hand, does not kill, discard or crush. It is lowly, faithful to the earth."
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us government went from telling miners “learn to code” to telling coders “learn to mine” in less than ten years
This “genius” genuinely believes that healthcare budget analysts can simply be reassigned to making toasters.
April 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
us government went from telling miners “learn to code” to telling coders “learn to mine” in less than ten years
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It's Window Safety Week
April 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It's Window Safety Week
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Oh, look, the Heritage Foundation wants to know what we think of DOGE and budget cutting!
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The Heritage DOGE Survey | The Heritage Foundation
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February 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Oh, look, the Heritage Foundation wants to know what we think of DOGE and budget cutting!
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He's not a "kid." He's an adult, with an important govt job.
The posts weren't "stupid." They were hatefully racist.
His life isn't "ruined." He lost a job.
Holding a govt employee accountable is not a "reward" for a journalist. The reporter doesn't get a cookie.
The posts weren't "stupid." They were hatefully racist.
His life isn't "ruined." He lost a job.
Holding a govt employee accountable is not a "reward" for a journalist. The reporter doesn't get a cookie.
February 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
He's not a "kid." He's an adult, with an important govt job.
The posts weren't "stupid." They were hatefully racist.
His life isn't "ruined." He lost a job.
Holding a govt employee accountable is not a "reward" for a journalist. The reporter doesn't get a cookie.
The posts weren't "stupid." They were hatefully racist.
His life isn't "ruined." He lost a job.
Holding a govt employee accountable is not a "reward" for a journalist. The reporter doesn't get a cookie.
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Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:
I go to @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social for historical perspective and contemporary context about the dystopia we're experiencing. Snyder's post today has both, plus real actionable guidance. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:
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PLEASE READ ATTENTIVELY!
From an employee at OPM to HR. This person used a burner account so she/he wouldn't face repercussions after sounding the alarm.
Make no mistake peeps, this only happens with authoritarian regimes.
FOTUS is taking over the Federal Civil Service.
Thank you whoever you are.
From an employee at OPM to HR. This person used a burner account so she/he wouldn't face repercussions after sounding the alarm.
Make no mistake peeps, this only happens with authoritarian regimes.
FOTUS is taking over the Federal Civil Service.
Thank you whoever you are.
January 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
PLEASE READ ATTENTIVELY!
From an employee at OPM to HR. This person used a burner account so she/he wouldn't face repercussions after sounding the alarm.
Make no mistake peeps, this only happens with authoritarian regimes.
FOTUS is taking over the Federal Civil Service.
Thank you whoever you are.
From an employee at OPM to HR. This person used a burner account so she/he wouldn't face repercussions after sounding the alarm.
Make no mistake peeps, this only happens with authoritarian regimes.
FOTUS is taking over the Federal Civil Service.
Thank you whoever you are.
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President Trump nominated the most unqualified cabinet in American history.
His anti-DEI crusade is a smokescreen to turn Americans against each other while his billionaire backers take over the government and install their own political loyalists.
His anti-DEI crusade is a smokescreen to turn Americans against each other while his billionaire backers take over the government and install their own political loyalists.
January 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
President Trump nominated the most unqualified cabinet in American history.
His anti-DEI crusade is a smokescreen to turn Americans against each other while his billionaire backers take over the government and install their own political loyalists.
His anti-DEI crusade is a smokescreen to turn Americans against each other while his billionaire backers take over the government and install their own political loyalists.
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“There are members of Congress who voted for this bill who are going to pretend they didn’t know about all the bad things that are going to happen because of it.”
“They will all say we didn’t know this was coming, and I want the American people to know that they did.” - Rep. @aoc.bsky.social
“They will all say we didn’t know this was coming, and I want the American people to know that they did.” - Rep. @aoc.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“There are members of Congress who voted for this bill who are going to pretend they didn’t know about all the bad things that are going to happen because of it.”
“They will all say we didn’t know this was coming, and I want the American people to know that they did.” - Rep. @aoc.bsky.social
“They will all say we didn’t know this was coming, and I want the American people to know that they did.” - Rep. @aoc.bsky.social
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Reading this from @hcrichardson.bsky.social Letter From an American post today and my heart breaks that we have been so un knowingly manipulated by the greed and ego of those in power that we are now facing losing our democracy
December 1, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Reading this from @hcrichardson.bsky.social Letter From an American post today and my heart breaks that we have been so un knowingly manipulated by the greed and ego of those in power that we are now facing losing our democracy
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No, we can't agree to disagree. This isn't sports. This isn't us rooting for 2 different teams and the winner of the game has no impact on your life, my life or our kids' lives. You support someone who promises to hurt me and people I love. As Charlie Chaplin said, "I don't shake hands with Nazis."
November 8, 2024 at 4:54 PM
No, we can't agree to disagree. This isn't sports. This isn't us rooting for 2 different teams and the winner of the game has no impact on your life, my life or our kids' lives. You support someone who promises to hurt me and people I love. As Charlie Chaplin said, "I don't shake hands with Nazis."
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Take this seriously.
Please.
Decades from now, historians will be writing about the massive wave of extreme misogyny that we're living through.
Such hatred of women.
Vote it all down.
Please.
Decades from now, historians will be writing about the massive wave of extreme misogyny that we're living through.
Such hatred of women.
Vote it all down.
they are going after the right to travel apnews.com/article/abor...
Texas sues to stop a rule that shields the medical records of women who seek abortions elsewhere
Texas is suing to try to block a federal rule that shields the medical records of women from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to get an abortion where it is legal.
apnews.com
September 8, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Take this seriously.
Please.
Decades from now, historians will be writing about the massive wave of extreme misogyny that we're living through.
Such hatred of women.
Vote it all down.
Please.
Decades from now, historians will be writing about the massive wave of extreme misogyny that we're living through.
Such hatred of women.
Vote it all down.
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Early in President Trump’s term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. Here is the list in full, all 1,056 cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
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Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing: Atrocities 1 – 1,056
To download a free PDF of this entire list, click here.
- - -Early in President Trump’s term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinnin...
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August 19, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Early in President Trump’s term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. Here is the list in full, all 1,056 cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
Are these the same people trying to ban library books?
When a Trump rally T-shirt is more than just a shirt
Crass political merchandise is not new, but a vulgar T-shirt sold at Trump rallies seems to be setting a new low bar. What do people buying it think about the message it sends and about wearing it?
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July 26, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Are these the same people trying to ban library books?
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I also would really like to see legacy US media avoid re-electing Donald Trump for its own good - because it seems like too many of the people behind legacy US media don’t really grasp that they’re near the top of a Trump dictatorship hit list.
The right wing hits on journalism, good and bad, don't mean that we meekly have to accept bad journalism.
July 9, 2024 at 12:45 PM
I also would really like to see legacy US media avoid re-electing Donald Trump for its own good - because it seems like too many of the people behind legacy US media don’t really grasp that they’re near the top of a Trump dictatorship hit list.